NSW police reject watchdog’s calls for updated training and protocols on use of force

Force responds to scathing NSW law enforcement conduct commission report, dismissing four of 19 recommendations

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New South Wales police have rejected calls from the state’s police watchdog for updated training and protocols for officers on the use of force, especially when handcuffing children, after a scathing report handed down last year.

In its Operation Mantus report, the NSW law enforcement conduct commission (Lecc) said the way police were trained should be changed and ongoing education provided to officers.

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